Buckle



(No Model.)

G. P. ATWOOD.

BUCKLE.

Patented Mar. 22 1887.

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attorneys WI TNESSES UMTED STATES FATnNr tries.

GEORGE FRESGH ATVVOOD, OF SlVANTON, VERMONT.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,915, dated March 22, 1887.

(No modeLl spurs G H I project rearwardly or away from To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE FRENCH AT- WOOD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Swanton, in the county of Franklin and State of'vermont, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Buckles; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of a reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is a back view. Fig. 2 is a top view of the buckle, the web being shown in section. Fig. 8 is a vertical section through the center of the buckle and a portion of the web.

My invention relates to buckles for web goods; and it consists in the novel construction of the same, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the buckle, which is struck up or made from a single piece of sheet metal, and comprises the frame having side bars, B 0, end bars, D E, and the middle bar or attaehingbar, F.

The side bar, 0, end bars, D E, and attach ing-bar F are all plain bars.

The side bar, B, is a toothed bar or SpHlPbRl', it being provided with three or more teeth or spurs along its inner edge. The teeth or the face of the buckle, and spurs H and I in cline or point away from the middle cross line of the side bar, B, toward or in the direction of the end bars, D E.

The webbing J is attached, by stitching or 0t-11erwise,to the attachin gbar F. To secure the unattached end of the webbing in place, it is entered or inserted into the space K from the rear side of the buckle, then carried over the attached end of the webbing, and passed through the space L and beneath the side bar, 0. The spurs or teeth that point outward or in the direction of the ends of the bucklefranie stretch the webbing, hold it smoothly, and prevent it from wrinkling under tension.

It will be observed that there are no hinges in this buckle. It holds the webbing perfectly and will not let it slip, while at the same time it may be easily and quickly adjusted on the webbing.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

A buckle comprising a frame and middle attachingbar, and also having one side of its frame provided with rearwardly-projecting spurs or teeth turned outward in the direction of the bars D and E, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE FRENCH A'IWOOD.

Witnesses:

RIGNEY D. MARVIN, GEORGE DELANEY. 

